Word: control
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Strong democratic institutions, such as a congress that responds to the people and civilian control of the military provided the best hope of a warding off the cycle of instability and coups that have dominated Latin American in the past, he said...
...held increasingly senior positions in Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notably as director of the Science Division, director of the Nuclear Energy Division and deputy director general for arms control and scientific affairs. (See pictures of the world's worst nuclear disasters...
...Took part in the arms-control talks that produced the 1995 extension of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty...
According to the United Nations, there have already been five cholera-related deaths and 116 people have been afflicted with the disease since September. The government does not recognize any imminent crisis. "We are in control of the situation and hope that there are no further deaths and cases to be recorded," declared Henry Madzorera, Zimbabwe's Minister of Health. "Those who died could have died because they failed to get to hospital on time." (See a story about last year's cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe...
...most promising target for expanded sanctions is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which not only controls much of the military and the nuclear program, but has also steadily expanded its control over other areas of Iranian political and economic life in recent years. Though Obama had criticized Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for supporting sanctions against the IRGC when both were running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, the body's key role in Iran's recent election fiasco has made it a ripe target in the U.S. and abroad. The Administration is hoping that a Security Council...